Water was released into the Polavaram right canal through the Pattiseema lift irrigation scheme, interlinking rivers Godavari and Krishna, in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, on 6 July, 2016.
700 cusecs (cu ft per second) of water from Godavari was released and will flow into Krishna at the “Pavitra Sangamam” at Ibrahimpatnam near here.
In all, the state government hopes to utilise 80 thousand million cu ft of Godavari water by diverting it to the river Krishna through the Polavaram right canal instead of letting the water flow waste into the Bay of Bengal.